Book List Appropriate Technology Fall 2015

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BOOK TITLE
 AUTHOR
 MISC. INFO
 STUDENT NAME
 REPORT
Wk3: Wednesday
 The Maya Culture, Due Oct. 3
in class: Oct. 5


Sons of the Shaking Earth, The People of Mexico and Guatemala-their Land, History and Culture
 Eric Wolf


The Maya
 Michael D. Coe


Popol Vuh, the Book of the Ancient Maya
 Delia Goetz and Sylvanus Griswold Morley
Miranda Mills
Amaranth, modern Prospects for an ancient Crop
 Board on Science and Technology, International Development Office, International Affairs


Maya Folk Tales, Folklore from Lake Atitlan
 James D. Sexton
Beth Hotchkiss
Mayan Folktales.pdf
The lost civilization, the Story of the Classic Maya
 T. Patrick Culbert
Haley Schlageter
Book Report-Haley Schlageter.pdf
Maya de Guatemala
 Carmen Petersen


The Two Crosses of Todos Santos
 Maud Oakes







Wk4: Monday
 Collapse of Society, Due Oct. 10,
in class: Oct. 12


Guns, Germs and Steel, the Fate of Human Societies
 Jared Diamond
Jennifer Bilek
Book Review Jennifer Bilek.pdf
Collapse
 Jared Diamond*
Amber Clark
Collapse+of+Society;+Jared+Diamond.pdf
Questioning Collapse: Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath of Empire
 Patricia A. McAnany


Why Nations Fail
 Daron Acemoglo and James Robinson


King Leopald's Ghost
 Adam Hochschild
Violet Tylock
KingLeopoldsGhost.pdf
Yucatan, before and after the conquest
 Friar Diego de Landa


When Victims Become Killers
 Mahmood Mamdanis
Mary Dundon
Mary's report
When Victims Become Killers.pdf
Wk4: Wednesday



Neocolonialism
 Due Oct 12, In Class: Oct. 14


Overthrown, America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
 Stephen Kinzer


The Global Village Myth: Distance, War, and the Limits of Power
 Patrick Porter
Curtis Li
TheGlobalVillageMythsummary.pdf
Guatemala, Unnatural Disaster
 Roger Plant


Bitter Fruit, the untold story of the American Coup in Guatemala
 Stephen Schlesinger; Stephen Kinzer


Guatemala in Rebellion, Unfinished History
 Edited by Jonathan L. Fried, Marvin E. Gettleman, Deborah T. Levenson and Nancy Peckenham


[[#|Dollars]] & Dictators, a Guide to Central America
 Dollars & Dictators, a Guide to Central America
 Difficult to find. You may borrow Pete's copy






Wk5: Monday
 The People's Struggle, Due. Oct. 17, In class: Oct. 19


I, Rigoberta Menchu, an Indian Woman in Guatemala
 Rigoberta Menchu, edited by Elizabeth Burgos-Debray
 Class Reads Wikipedia: Rigoberta Menchu

Refugees of a Hidden War, The Aftermath of Counterinsurgency in Guatemala
 Beatriz Manz


Trade Unionist Against Terror, Guatemala City 1954-1985
 Deborah Levenson-Estrada


Bridge of Courage
 Jennifer Harbury
 Class Reads wikipedia: Jennifer Harbury

A Long Way Gone
 Ishmael Beah
Elisha Pollock
ALongWayGone-EPollock.pdf
Wk 5: Wednesday
The People and the Forest
 Due. Oct. 19, In class: Oct. 21


Blue Clay People
 William Powers
Brentyn Carder
BlueClayPeoplebyWilliamPowers-Brentyn(1).pdf
The World is as you Dream it, teachings from the Amazon and Andes
 John Perkins
Elliott
Salazar
TheWorldisasYouDreamit.pdf
Whispering in the Giant's Ear
 William Powers







Wk6: Monday
International Interventions (AID)
 Due Oct. 24, In class: Oct. 26


Dead Aid
 Dambisa Moyo
 Pete has copy

How to Change the World, social entrepreneurs and the power of new ideas
 David Borenstein
Antonio Rodriguez
Change_The_World.pdf
Delivering Development
 Edward R. Carr
Nicole Petersen
Delivering Dvelopment.docx
The End of Poverty, economic possibilities of our time
 Jeffrey D. Sachs


Haiti: The Aftershocks of History
 Laurent Dubois
Neelima Mandava
Book Report - Haiti.docx
Just Transitions
 Mark Swilling
Bryn Lieberman
Poor Economics
 Abhiji V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Ted Swartzbaugh
Poor Economics Book Report.pdf
Rwanda, Inc
 Patricia Crisafulli
Tom Smylie
BookReport_RwandaInc.docx





Wk6: Wednesday
Development
 Due Oct. 26, in class: Oct. 28


Development as Freedom
 Amartya Sen
Pete Says:
 "Make sure you read Tom's report on Rwanda Inc. from last week.
Guatemalan National Human Development Report 2009 - 2010 (In Spanish)
 http://desarrollohumano.org.gt/content/indh-2009-2010
 Class reads Human Development Report, 2010

Mastering the Machine Revisited: Poverty, Aid and Technology
 Ian Smilie
 Pete has copy
 Teo Humkey
Mastering the Machine Revisited.pdf
The No-Nonsense Guide to International Development
 Maggie Black
Tom Nork
Nork_UNIV 391_No_Non_Dev_Guide.pdf
The Bottom Billion
 Paul Collier
Albert Vo
BBBook Report.pdf
The White Man's Burden
 William Easterly


Confessions of an Economic Hitman
 Perkins


Wk7: Monday
 Working with People, Due Oct. 31,
In class: Nov. 2


When the ground turns in its sleep
 Sylvia Sellers-Garcia*
Gracie Nino
Three Cups of Tea
 Greg Mortenson
Madison Fleming
Fleming -3 cups of tea.pdf
Deer Hunting with Jesus
 Joe Beagant
Jenna Middleton
Mountains Beyond Mountains
 Tracey Kidder
 Pete has copy
 Kelsey Haberly
Mountains Beyond Mountains.pdf
My Path Leads to Tibet
 Sabriye Tenberken
Quinn Hildebrand
My Path Leads To Tibet .doc
Three Cups of Deceit
 Jon Krakauer
Edward Charles
Three cups of Deceit.pdf





Wk7: Wednesday
Appropriate Technology
 Due Nov. 2, In class: Nov. 4


Appropriate Technology: Tools, Choices and Implications
 Barrett Hazeltine and Christopher Bull


Small is Beautiful
 E.F. Schumacher
Blake Motal
small is beautful.docx
Design like you Give a Damn, Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crisis
 Cameron Sinclaire
Caleb Ostgaard
Design Like You Give a Damn- Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises.pdf
Manos de Mujer, manual on Appropriate Technology for Community Development Spanish
 Luz Marina Delgado
 I have this book

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
 William Kamkwamba
Mitsuyoshi Smyth
MSmyth-Book Report.pdf
Gaviotas
 Alan Weisman
Garrett Goff
Gaviotas.pdf
Stuffed and Starved
 Raj Patel
Sara Nygaard
Stuffed and Starved.docx





Wk8: Monday
 Micro Lending and Business Solutions, Due Nov. 7, In class: Nov. 9


Out of Poverty, what works when traditional approaches fail
 Paul Polak
Ryan Hodgens
Out of Poverty.docx
Creating a World Without Poverty, social business and the future of capitalism
 Muhammad Yunus
David Guerrero
BookReport.pdf
A Framework for Understanding Poverty
 Ruby Payne
Vanessa Carranza
A Framework for Understanding Poverty by Ruby K. Payne.pdf
Banker to the Poor, Micro-lending and the battle against world poverty
 Muhammad Yunus


The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
 Jacqueline Novogratz
Francis Lara
BookReportTheBlueSweater.pdf
More Than Good Intentions
 Dean Karlan
Kate Belotti
More Than Good Intentions by Dean Karlan and Jacob Appel.docx





Wk8: Wednesday, Micro Lending and Business Solutions
 Due Nov. 9, In class: Nov. 11


The New Age of Innovation, driving cocreated value through global networks
 C.K. Prahalad; M.S. Krishnan
Seth Neumann
moved to last day
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, eradicating poverty through profits
 C.K. Prahalad


You can Hear Me Now
 Nicholas P. Sullivan
Sarah Rayburn
Diffusion of Innovations
 Everett M. Rogers
 Pete has copy






Wk 9: Monday
 Innovation of Things: Due Nov. 14, In class: Nov. 16


Nick is out of town last week
 So please find Diffusion of Innovations here


The design of Everyday Things
 Donald A. Norman
 Pete has copy
 Kat Tran
KatTran--TheDesignofEverydayThings.pdf
Design for a living world
 Abbott Miller
Loren Dean
Design for a Living World book report .pdf
Do Good Design: How designers can change the world
 David B. Berman
Sam Stearns
DoGoodDesign - Sam Stearns.pdf
Cradle to Cradle, rethinking the way we make things
 William McDonough & Michael Braungart
Jamie Chafe
The 10 Faces of Innovation
 Tom Kelley
Taylor Hoover
The Ten Faces of Innovation Book Report.pdf
The Art of Innovation
 Tom Kelley


Where Good Ideas Come From
 Steven Johnson
Taylor Johnson
Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson; Summary.pdf





Wk 9: Wednesday Reinventing Ourselves
 Due Nov. 16, In class: Nov. 18


Imagine
 Jonah Lehr
 Pete has CD
 Matt Lalanne
Imagine - Jonah Lehrer.pdf
Convergence
 Thomas H. Colledge
 Download .pdf from web
 Cameron Montalvo
Montalvo, Cameron - Convergence.docx
Thinking in Systems
 Donella H. Meadows
 Pete has copy

Cradle to Cradle
 Look up from Monday's class,


Change by Design: How design thinking transform organizations and inspire innovation
 Tim Brown


Design Activism: Beautiful strangeness for a sustainable world
 Alastair Faud-Luke


Creative Confidence
 Tom Kelley
Christopher Taylor
The Other World: DUE when the reader finds it appropriate
 Weatherby, Arceneaux, Evans, Long, Reed, Novikova-Carter
 You can't pick this text if you've had it for a class. Pete has copy

The New Age of Innovation, driving cocreated value


Seth Neumann
The New Age of Innovation.pdf